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capital stock

  1. the capital of a corporation, divided into negotiable shares
  2. the total par or stated value of the authorized and issued shares of stock

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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